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The leader checks other peoples' work
Hello,
as a new attending one of my tasks is to make sure that other people do their tasks. That's quite clear.
I think there is power in checking other people's task. It's highly socially dominant. So it's a spectrum on which we can play. That is a cursor on which we can play.
If one wants to be more authoritarian/dominant, one can increase its control through controlling more tightly if (and how) people accomplish their tasks. The "how" is tricky because it can become overly controlling and coercive. So people feel it and call it micro-managing, rightly so. However, one has to control that the tasks are done and one can increase the number of tasks he/she checks. That could be useful is one's authority is challenged or if the person is extrinsically motivated.
If one wants to be more affiliative/democratic, one can decrease its control through controlling less tightly if (and how) people accomplish their tasks. By letting others decide if and how they accomplish their tasks, it gives a sense of freedom to people and therefore it empowers them. However, it disempowers the group.
However, tasks must be checked. Otherwise it gives people a sense that they are free to accomplish their tasks or not and how they accomplish them. So it empowers the individual and disempowers the group/leader.
